60 min FRC w/ Alan: hamstrings
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1h 3m
Your hamstrings are a group of three muscles in the back of your thighs. These long muscles cross the hip and knee, so they have multiple joint actions, and are important stabilizers of the pelvis. This class works on making hamstrings resilient and mobile in both their lengthened and shortened position.
Common Compensations in standing hip flexion are leaning back too much or rounding the spine forward. In low lunge knee flexion, watch for coming too far forward or losing the slight tailbone tuck.
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